Twin bed structure



May 19, 1959 N. ITAQUINTA TWIN BED STRUCTURE Filed March 12, 1956 IN V EN TOR.

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2,886,830 Patented May 19, 1959 TWIN BED STRUCTURE Nicola Iaquinta, Montebello, Calif., assigner to The Inco Company, Los Angeles, Calif., a copartnership Application March 12, 1956, Serial No. 570,834

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This invention relates to a twin bed construction, and more particularly to structure in which two beds or couches may be pivotally joined together on a vertical axis, either adjacent the head or foot portion of the bed or conch.

It has been known in the past to provide such a structure. However, the beds or couches were permanently joined by a pivot in such manner that they were conlined to relative angular movement. Usually casters or rollers are joined to the bed frame to facilitate this angular motion.

It is one of the objects of this invention to provide a structure of this character that makes it possible to separate the beds in a convenient manner so that the beds may be moved into any desired position.

This invention posses many other advantages, `and has other objects which may be made more clearly apparent from a consideration of several embodiments of the invention. For this purpose, there are shown a stew forms in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification. These forms will now be described in detail, illustrating the general principles of the invention; but it is to be understood that this detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a pictorial view of a pair of beds or couches utilized in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view, taken along a plane corresponding to line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View, plane corresponding to line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating the manner in which the head or footboards can be separated; and

Fig. 5 is a pictorial view of the standard utilized in connection with the invention.

The beds or couches 1 and 2 may be supported on rollers or casters (not shown). Each of these may be provided with a board 3 or l corresponding either to the head or foctboard.

In order to join the boards 3 and 4lpivotally, use is made of a hinged construction having leaves 5 and 6 fastened respectively adjacent the vertical edges of the boards 3 and 4l. These leaves have interleaving lugs 7, and a removable hinge pin 8 joins these lugs pivotally together.

taken along a Due to this construction, the devices 1 and 2 can be angularly moved with respect to each other. They may be entirely lseparated by moving the hinge pin upwardly by the aid of a handle 9. When so removed, the two beds or couches 1 and 2 may be placed in any desired position in the room.

It is often desirable to provide a table 10 adjacent the boards 3 and 4l so that the boards fall vertically along adjacent sides of the table. For this purpose, the lower end of the hinge pin t5 is adapted to be supported in a socket 1l joined to a standard i2 (Fig. 5). This standard serves toaccommodate a leg 13 of the table 10. This leg is shown in the present instance as made of angle iron. It is located in a triangular-shaped socket 14. The socket 14 is formed by the aid of an angle iron 15 having anges welded to the socket 11, as well as to the base member 12. This member has a horizontal ilange extending under socket 14, as well as a vertical flange cooperating with the pair of anges of member 15 to form the socket 14. The table 10 may be readily removed, if desired, by lifting the leg 13 out of the socket 14. Furthermore, if convenient, the base 12 may be per manently attached to the floor of the room so as to locate permanently the vertical pivot about which the beds or couches 1 and 2 may be angularly adjusted.

It is a simple matter to remove the pin 8 and to roll the beds ll and 2 to the desired position. Furthermore, by moving the beds or couches 1 and 2 so that the lugs 7 overlie the socket 11, the hinge pin 8 may be used to join the beds together along a vertical axis. In the position shown in Fig. l, the beds ll and 2 may be so arranged that the beds lie longitudinally adjacent the walls of a room. The table 10 may then occupy a position in the corner of the room.

The inventor claims:

1. In a structure of the character described: a pair of couches, each couch having a head end and a foot end; a single pivotal connection between the couches, the pivot axis of the connection being vertical and arranged be` tween adjacent sides of the couches and near one end of each couch; said pivotal connection including a hinge element at an end of each said couch cooperating with a iiXed standard having a first socket, and a single removable hinge pin pivotally uniting said elements and socket; and said standard having a second socket adjacent said rst socket for receiving the lower end of a table leg.

2. In a structure as set forth in claim 1, said standard further including an angle piece having a horizontal flange and a vertical flange, said horizontal ange forming a base for said sockets, and said second socket being formed by a pair of anges cooperating with said vertical ange.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 947,133 Shelton Ian. 18, 1910 2,400,608 Shearer May 21, 1946 2,510,827 McDonald June 6, 1950 2,602,937 Frey July 15, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 258,172 Great Britain Sept. 16, 1926 

